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The New Entertaining Humorist [T98707]

DMI number:
1244
Publication Date:
1770
Volume Number:
1 of 1
ESTC number:
T98707
EEBO/ECCO link:
CW124606734
Shelfmark:
BL - 012314.f.13
Full Title:
THE | NEW ENTERTAINING | HUMORIST. | BEING A | COLLECTION | OF | MISCELLANIES. | IN PROSE AND VERSE. | AMONGST WHICH ARE, | [2 columns] [column 1] The advantages of chearfulness. | The art of happiness. | The mock-doctor. | Adventures of a tye-wig. | A match for the devil. | History of the Platonic ladies. | The civil husband. | The amorous groom. | Adventures of an English sailor. | The water of folly. | The jealous husband outwitted. | The curious wife. | The merry escape. | Justice a-la-mode. | History of Tom Wildair. | History of the ape of Marseilles. | The leaky vessel. | [/column 1] [column 2] | The circle of human life. | The humorist. | Who breaks the ice. | The pig. | Loves of Ludovico and Honorio. | The lyar. | The country justice. | The power of scolding. | The furniture of a beau's mind. | The furniture of a woman's mind | The fair nun. | History of Selim. | Riches and glory. | Example for married ladies. | The merry monarch. | The royal cuckold. | Story of Charles II. &c. &c. &c. [/column 2] | [double rule] | BERWICK: | PRINTED FOR R. TAYLOR. | MDCCLXX.
Place of Publication:
Berwick
Genres:
Collection including prose
Format:
Duodecimo
Pagination:
[4], [1]-284pp.
Comments:
CONTENTS: 'Contents', 2pp; 'Introduction', pp.[1]-6
Related Miscellanies
Title:
The New Entertaining Humorist [T225972] [ECCO]
Publication Date:
1785
ESTC No:
T225972
Volume:
1 of 1
Relationship:
Another Edition of
Comments:
Related People
Author:
R. Taylor
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Content/Publication
First Line:
Talk of blooming charms and graces
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p.13
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While others idle tales relate
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pp.20-27
Poem Title:
A Match for the Devil.
Attribution:
By T. Brown.
Attributed To:
Thomas Brown
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A king in youthful charms arrayed
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pp.35-43
Poem Title:
The Amorous Groom. A Tale. From La Fontaine.
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The man is cursed who takes a she
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p.43
Poem Title:
[No title]
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There lived in Derby near the Peak
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pp.54-59
Poem Title:
The Curious Wife. A Tale.
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Whoever has a cause dependant
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pp.72-77
Poem Title:
Justice à la Mode. A Tale.
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First Line:
Hirco an old but amorous blade
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pp.96-102
Poem Title:
The Leaky Vessel.
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First Line:
When good king Jemmy wore the British crown
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pp.113-115
Poem Title:
The Merry Monarch; or Knighthood a Jest. A Tale.
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First Line:
Some husbands on a winter day
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pp.123-129
Poem Title:
The Pig. A Tale.
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Remote from cities in a country town
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pp.137-141
Poem Title:
The Lyar: An Heroic Tale.
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First Line:
Sir John a country magistrate
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pp.151-153
Poem Title:
The Country Justice.
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First Line:
On reading over your proclamation
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pp.164-168
Poem Title:
The Power of Scolding, a wonderful Tale
Attribution:
by Jack Lovefun.
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Not attributed
First Line:
When infants are born by experience we find
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pp.179-180
Poem Title:
The Furniture of a Beau's Mind.
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Not attributed
First Line:
We sage Cartesians who profess
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pp.189-194
Poem Title:
The Fair Nun, or Woman an Overmatch for the Devil. A Tale.
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First Line:
In fruitful Lombardy of yore
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pp.203-217
Poem Title:
The Royal Cuckold.
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A virtuoso had a mind to see
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pp.228-230
Poem Title:
The Incurious. A Tale.
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First Line:
Learn by my fate you fumblers of threescore
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p.246
Poem Title:
[No title]
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First Line:
Thus Aglaus a man unknown to men
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p.247
Poem Title:
[No title]
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With envy fraught and malediction
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pp.256-260
Poem Title:
Measure for Measure. A Tale.
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Not attributed
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A set of phrases learnt by rote
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pp.267-269
Poem Title:
The Furniture of a Woman's Mind.
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Beneath a court's luxuriant skies
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pp.274-276
Poem Title:
The Mill. A Tale.
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